Sunday, April 29, 2012

The Times and the Titanic


I can't let the month end without noting the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic.  But instead of joining the chorus of eulogies for one of the worst disasters in maritime history, I want to note the outstanding news coverage of the event by the New York Times.  The Times devoted remarkable resources to cover the accident in which 1,514 passengers died.  The coverage is chronicled in Meyer Berger's history of the newspaper.